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  • Upgrading Processors on the same computer

    Hi. I have a Dell Deminsion B110 with a Intel E210882 AA / D28751-402 motherboard. I currently have a Intel Celeron SL8HK (325) processor. This is a 478 pin , 2.53GHZ with a current bus speed of 533MHZ and a L2 Cache size of 256KB. I also have 2 GB of memeory wich is the max. My question is: Can I swap...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by irwinman on 11-14-2008
    Tags: Dimension, Replacement, reinstall install windows correct order, BIOS
  • Dimension E521-Shutting down

    My E521 unexpectedly shuts down. Sometimes it is OK for days then it will shut down and go into a loop where it is unable to get past loading the Bios. I have already replaced the power supply but that didn't help. How do I determine if this is a power switch problem or a hard drive issue? Any ideas...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by epthomas on 11-14-2008
    Tags: Dimension
  • Re: what kind of cmos battery to buy?

    Greets, everyone. I just replaced the 3-V CR2032 lithium coin cell CMOS battery on my Dimension 8300. Dell's battery-installation instructions are _not_ so very good -- Step 8 & the pic, in particular: It's physically impossible to remove the battery by "prying it out of its socket"...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by scracker on 11-15-2008
    Tags: Motherboard, Dimension, Parts, System Battery, CMOS Battery, 8300
  • Dell Dimension 3000 Graphics Card

    Please help, i recently puchased football manager 2009 and am unable to play all of the modes due to my graphics card not being good enough. Now Im not exactly sure what graphics card I have, but it seems to be an Intel Graphics Controller, is this a graphics card? If so how can I go about upgrading...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by tylerinho on 11-16-2008
    Tags: Dimension, Replacement, Nvidia, Graphics, help
  • XPS Dimension 5150C Question

    My XPS Dimension 200/5150C DXC051 series; never had a problem with it until now. It's been an excellent machine. It randomly goes into standby and can't be restarted without killing the power. I've applied all combinations of the power options, updated BIOS, and then restored the machine...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by 1508bob on 11-16-2008
    Tags: XPS, Dimension, help, 5150C, standby, restart, hardware, recover
  • Memory upgrade on Dimension 3000 series

    I have a Dimension 3000 (pentium 4 @2.8 GHz w/ 1M cache) that has a total of 512 MB DDR SDRAM @ 400 MHz. Was wondering if I would notice any increased performance if I upgraded the memory with 1GB or 2GB of RAM? There are 2 available slots on the motherboard.
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by tml208 on 11-17-2008
    Tags: Dimension
  • chipset driver Dimension 5150?

    It seems that the link to the chipset download for the Dimension 5150 on the driver downloads section gets me the wrong chipset driver file. I recieve the file named R114566.exe When I run the file it lists for Precision - 380 hardware. Am I going crazy or have Dell mixed up their link for this particular...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by AndyKo on 11-17-2008
    Tags: Dimension, Drivers and Downloads, driver xp
  • Northbridge cooler too hot?

    Hi all, I have this dimension 5150 and was curious about its normal operating temperature. Is it normal for the small heatsink to the right of the cpu to be extremely hot. Just touching it would give a small burn. The cpu cooler is very cool in comparison. Windows is sitting at its desktop and no screensaver...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by AndyKo on 11-17-2008
    Tags: Motherboard, Dimension, fans, hardware
  • Dimension 3000 - How Is Sound Playing out of CD Rom w/o Audio cable?

    Good afternoon: I was working on a friend's Dell Dimension 3000 with Win XP Home. I noticed there was no 4 pin Audio cable coming from out of the back of the CD-ROM and into the corresponding plug on the motherboard. However, you get audio output from the CD ROM. How can that be? Does it play audio...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by pjtikkanen on 11-18-2008
    Tags: Dimension
  • Dimension 4500 Won't Power Up

    My 6-year old Dimension 4500 P4 has worked flawlessly until the past couple of weeks. I pushed the power button as usual and the front light lit up dimly, but no power to anything. Pulled the power cord off, waited a minute, plugged it back in and it powered on. It worked OK. I turned it off with Windows...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by Vandyu on 11-19-2008
    Tags: Motherboard, Dimension, Power
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